CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-9196

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2017-04-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-04-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

A vulnerability in login authentication management in Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Point platforms could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain unrestricted root access to the underlying Linux operating system. The root Linux shell is provided for advanced troubleshooting and should not be available to individual users, even those with root privileges. The attacker must have the root password to exploit this vulnerability. More Information: CSCvb13893. Known Affected Releases: 8.2(121.0) 8.3(102.0). Known Fixed Releases: 8.4(1.53) 8.4(1.52) 8.3(111.0) 8.3(104.23) 8.2(130.0) 8.2(124.1).

Affected configurations

• cisco aironet access point 8.1\(15.14\) • cisco aironet access point 8.1\(112.3\) • cisco aironet access point 8.1\(112.4\) • cisco aironet access point 8.1\(131.0\) • cisco aironet access point 8.2\(100.0\) • cisco aironet access point 8.2\(102.43\) • cisco aironet access point 8.2 base

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References